Korfer Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Korfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Korfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
France41:16,605,680368,153
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Körfer (1,468) are calculated separately.

Korfer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Korfer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Korfer is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant: Körfer. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Korfer? popularity and diffusion

Korfer is the 4,307,654th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Korfer reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,876,353. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 24 percent reside and France, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Körfer941,468/
Koerfer92333/
Korffer921/
Korfe91117/
Koerffer8638/
Korfeh83636/
Kurfer8357/
Korfee8327/
Korfei8321/
Korfes8319/
Korfey8312/
Karfer833/
Korfie832/
Korfir831/
Korfea831/
Kerfer831/
Korfed831/
Körffer7726/
Korffeh7719/
Corfier7712/
Khorfei777/
Karpfer775/
Karfear773/
Korfair772/
Kerffer772/
Kourfed771/
Courfer771/
Korfhee771/
Keerfer771/
Karfe731,160/
Corfe73567/
Korfi73347/
Korfa7388/
Korfy731/
Corwferd710/
Corfee67157/
Karfes67127/
Corfey6754/
Corfei6727/
Carfer6718/
Korfii6716/
Khorfi6714/
Karfee677/
Korffa676/
Körferová674/
Kerfir674/
Kourfa673/
Karfeh673/
Korpfa672/
Karfey672/
Karfie671/
Corfeh671/
Karffe671/
Kharfe671/
Korfoa671/
Korffi671/
Corfea671/
Corfes671/
Kourfi671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Korfer
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